Typographical distributing-machine



l I nuIIII nun-w" l EE D. s. KENNEDY.

TYPOGRAPHICAL UISTRIBUTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAK. 29 1919.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

I mmwmim N.

I'Ilnlmmn I I l I I I l umg m- W INVENTOR.

provements inthe distributing mechanism of such machines, as will be fully set forth f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID S. KENNEDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTI-IALER LINO- TYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION 0E NEW YoEx.

TYPOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBTING-MACHINE.

Speeicaton of Letters Patent. v

Patented Aug. 16e, 1921.

Originalapplication led November 30, 1917, Serial No. 204,534. Divided and this application led March 29, 1919. Serial No. 286,220.-

To all w/iom t may conce/Mi.'

Be it known that I, DAVID S. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States, residin at Brooklyn, in the'countyoi Kings and tate of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Typograpliical Distributing-Machines, of which the ollowf ing is a speciiication, reference being-had therein to theaccompanying drawing, being a division of original application filed November 30, 1917, Ser. N o. 204,534.

My invention relates to typographical machines, such as linotype machines of the general organization represented in Letters Patent of the United States to O. Mergenthaler, No. 436,532, wherein circulating matrices are released from a magazine in the order inwhich their ,characters are to appear in print and then assembled in line, the composedv line transferred to the face of a mold, the mold'lilled with molten metal to forma slug yor linotype againstthe matrices which `produce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereafter returned through a distributing mechanismL toy the magazine `from which they started.

My present invention isldirected to imin the detailed description to follow. These improvements are particularly useful -in connection ywith machines handling matrices with characters of greatly increased size or-point,f such as are used in advertising matter or display work, which niachines are exemplified iny myfpending application, Serial No. 204,534, filed November 30, 1917, ofwhich the presentapplication is adivision. f

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown my improvements in preferred form and by way of example and as applied to a machine of the kind noted. It will bejobvious, however, thatthey may be embodied in other forms and applied to'machines of .other constructions without departing from the spirit of my invention. Generally speaking, I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to any specific form or embodiment, except in so far as such limitations arey specified in the claims.

Referring to the drawingsz.

Figurel is a .vertical section on an enlarged scale taken through the-,distributing mechanism including the magazine entrance;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fia l;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. l and illustrating a modification; *1

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3; and f Y Fig. 5 is aperspective view of one of the matrices employed. f

.The matrices X are storedV inthe magazine A, to which they are returned after casting by the distributing apparatus. This apparatus, with the exception hereinafter noted, is precisely the same as that presented in 'my Letters Patent N o. 1,266,022. It comprises, as usual, the longitudinal bar or rail F along which the matrices are conveyed by the rotating screws F1. The bar is of the usual form, beingof V-shape in crossV section and provided with a series of successive tooth or `distributer combinations which control the releaseV of the matrices at the required As the magazine.

pointsl according toV character g vi'orreturn to their proper channels in the matrices are released from the distributer` bar, they dropinto a magazineJ entranceF2 thefchannels offwhich are constituted by sets of opposing grooves F3 formed in the inner faces of its sidefplates and extending throughoutthe lengththereof, As in my'Letters Patent, these sets of groovesli3 are' disposed in 'direct alincment with or in the vertical-planes of the releasing points of the bar combinations. It may be noted that the tooth combinations are disF posed at unequal distances apart on the distributer bar and that the entrance grooves are similarly spaced to correspond.k

The matrices X are formed, as usual, y'with pairs of projectingv ears X1 of substantially uniformthickness throughout the font, Vand are also providedat their upper endswith thin web portions X2 containing toothor distributing combinations adapted to cooperate with those on the` bar F As explainedk in my said patent, the'matrices X differ from those in common use only in respect tothe location of the combination web X2, which as therein shown and described are located .at the forward sides of thematrices and in the vertical planes of the projecting ears. In 'the distribution of the .ki natrices,l therefore, those released from soV the distributor bar at any given point present their projecting ears X1 in the same position, viz., in a vertical plane passing` through the releasing point of the bar coinbination and the underlying entrance groove F3, and are consequently directed into the latter irrespetive oit the relative Atliiclrnesscs of the matrix bodies, thus adapting the inachine to distribute matrices ot all sizes and Yfonts.

Thus far the distributingl apparatusl is the same as presented in my Letters Iatent. My present improvements are directed to means for insuring the proper entrance or delivery into the entrance grooves F3 oic the projecting` ears of the matrices as the latter aie disengaged or released Afrom the distributor bar. The objection sought to be overcome is that the matrices at or about the time oi their release from the bai' have a tendency to assume a tilted or inclined position, due to the fact that their tooth combinations are disposed to one side of the center ot' gravity such as to cause the matrices to swing. In the form illustrated in Figs. l and 2, this diiiiculty is overcome by providing the rear or bottom side plate of the magazine entrance with a short upward extension F4 which passes beyond the matrices while in course of distribution and terminates close up to their upper project ing ears. rIliis extension F4 is formed with grooves F5 which constitute continuations of the main entrance grooves Ffpbut which are separated therefrom by a transverse groove or channel FG, wherein the lower projectingrears of the matrices travel during their ourney through the distributer. @ne to this arrangement, when the matrices are released from the bar, their lower ears im-v mediately enter the main entrance grooves F3, while their upper ears engage in the grooves F of the extension F4. No opportunity is thus given the matrices to assume abnormal positions such as would prevent their upper ears from entering the main entrance grooves. If desired, the grooves F3 and F 5 may be flared at their upper ends to acilitatethe entrance ot the matrix ears, as indicated in Fig. 2. Y 'i Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate av modification of the above Vfeature. As showny iny these iiguijes, the magazine entrance F2 is provided at its upper end with a series of short partition plates F7, which are preferably l[iXed in position so that their lett side faces will be flush with the right side `walls of the entrance grooves, the opposite side walls of which in the form here illustrated are beveled or flared toward the end of the magazine so as to make the entrance grooves at their receiving ends substantially as wide as the distance between the adjoining partition plates. In this form, when the matrices are released from the distributer bar, their-lower ends pass immediately between two adjoining partition plates, which thus guide them in a straight path along the grooved channels and prevent their toppling over to one side or the other such as would prevent the upper ears from entering the grooves. In both forms, when the projectingears of the matrices at their opposite ends once become engaged in the entrance grooves, thematrices are under positive and absolute con trol and are guided directly into the magazine channels in a definite position irrespective oit thickness.

fit its lower end, immediately adjacent the magazine, a section F8 of the front or top plate ot the entrance is arranged to be swung outward about thepivot FW ILtherefore, any matrices should accidentally become lodged in the entrance or between it and the magazine, the plate is tree to be swung outward to permit the removal of the oi 'lending matrices, or to yield in the event that the vmagazines are shifted when the matrices are Vso lodged.

As previously stated, I have shown my improvements merely in preferred form and by way ofexample and as applied to the particular kind of machine described,v but. it will be obvious that many modifications and alterations will readily suggest, themselves to those skilled in the art without -departing Jfrom the scope or" the invention.

I-Iaving thus described vmy invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by' Letters Patent ot the United States is as follows l. Inv a typographical machine comprising matrices `formed with projecting :ears at tributer to the magazine, of supplemental guidingfmeans forming partei/said magazine entrance and arranged at the receiving end thereof to insure the engagement "of the upper earsy of the matrices in the entrance grooves. v

2. Ina typographical machine comprising` matrices formed with projecting ears at their upper and lower ends, the combination with ar channeled magazine to contain` the 'their upper and lower ends, the combina# i matrices, a distributer, and an intermediate magazine entrance" separate` and distinct from the magazine and formed with sets'of opposing grooves to guide the matricesby their projecting ears from the distributor to the magazine, ot supplemental'fgiiiding meansy arranged at thereceiving end ofthe `magazine entrance to insure the engagement of the upper ears ofthe'matrices inthe entrance grooves, the said means consisting.. of

a grooved plate whose` grooves register withL and are the same in width as those of the magazine entrance and which extend above the lower ends of the matrices during their travel through the distributer and in a position to engage their upper projecting ears when released from the distributer.

3. In a typographical machine comprising matrices each vformed with a distributing combination and with projecting ears at its upper and lower'ends, the said 'combination and projecting ears being located in the same longitudinal plane, the combination with a channeled magazine wherein the matrices are stored, a distributer having a series of combinations to cooperate with those of the matrices, and a magazine entrance separate and distinct from the magazine and formed with sets of opposing grooves lying. in vertrical planes passing through the releasing points of the `distributer combinations, of supplemental guiding means forming part of said magazine entrance and arranged at the receiving end thereof Ato insure the entrance which is extended upward beyond the.

lower ends of the matrices while in course of distribution and l formed with grooves registering with and ofthe same ,width as the entrance grooves in the lower ears of the matrices travel during distribution, in the manner and for the purpose described. i

5. A structure as specified in claim 4, characterized by the fact that the magazine proper but separated therefrom by ak longitudinal channel whereentrance grooves proper and those in the eX- tended side plate of the entrance are flared at their upper ends. Y

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature hereto. f

DAVID S. KENNEDY. 

